Mark Gordon, a former U.S. Marine and trained gunsmith, founded Short Action Customs in 2009 as a one-man shop serving precision rifle shooters. The Wellington company has since grown into a CNC-equipped operation with nearly 20 acres and an on-site 860-yard range, where its team tests rifle work and develops products for the shooting community.
Escarpment Arms, IncEscarpment Arms is a Lockport firearms retailer and licensed manufacturer of custom-built rifles, with an on-site training facility and range. Founded by Joe and Frank after Joe’s dealer business evolved from Dynamic Weapon Systems, the company moved from a converted basement into the Cabin Range in 2020. The property’s shooting history reaches back to the 1950s, and its private two-bay range now serves local law-enforcement and federal agencies while the company also provides firearms training for the broader shooting community.LOCKPORT, NY
Wolf Precision, IncFounded by master rifle builder Jamie Dodson, Wolf Precision is a Johnstown, Pennsylvania manufacturer of custom long-range and hunting rifles built around its patented ACE chamber system. The company pairs more than 20 years of rifle-building experience with in-person and online instruction, including a long-range shooting school established in 2009. Its private facility is predominantly a manufacturing shop, where customers can receive highly personalized build guidance and, with select rifles, take part in assembling and zeroing their own firearm.332994JOHNSTOWN, PA
Shaw BarrelsShaw Barrels manufactures precision gun barrels and custom rifles, with a history of more than 100 years in the gun-barrel trade. It began as a nut-and-bolt manufacturer supporting the railroad industry, then shifted into small-arms barrels during the run-up to World War I; its OEM division now operates three manufacturing facilities in the Bridgeville area and supplies barrels to firearm manufacturers.BRIDGEVILLE, PA